Our GIS Catalog is stacked!

US Land Grid, Inc. (http://www.uslandgrid.com) has just made available for instant download our 2,700 GIS data product. Ready for instant download is the Texas and PLSS Land Grid, over 300 Tax Parcels, and countless counties of PDF maps. No more waiting for your different datasets, get one of the 2,700 GIS datasets or PDF maps that you need instantly and without any hassle.

Our land grid (http://www.uslandgrid.com/land.html) data has been ready for a few months now. Apart from offering multple datums at no charge, our data comes with the lots, the quarters and the surveys. We don’t separate layers that belong to the land grid, we give you everything. Without a doubt a largest live, ready to download, GIS dataset with over 1,100 products, our land grid data and texas survey data is the largest online GIS catalog for instant download.

Matching the vastness of land with tax parcels (sometimes referred to as surface parcels, parcels, or surface ownership) completes the picture between land allotment and land ownership. Tax parcels (http://www.uslandgrid.com/parcels.html) become the meat in the sandwich between the land grid and surface leases. With over 300 counties of tax parcels ready for download online, our tax parcel dataset is largely focused on oil and gas plays – and from that perspective is very complete.

A new introduction, US Land Grid PDF Maps (http://www.uslandgrid.com/pdfmaps.html) provide 42 inch x 42+ inch maps that are beautifully designed and perfect for printing on plotters. Large scale and high detail, these maps are perfect for those of us that don’t have or use mapping software, or if we just want to print a quick map that can be marked up for presentation purposes. Oklahoma PDF Land Grid Maps are now complete. Texas is under construction. Watch this space, as we complete other states.

Our oil and gas data data is taking some time. We are working towards proving another excellent dataset that is tied to an industry leading data model and povides the consistency and accuracy in data you expect from US Land Grid. We hope to have our oil and gas GIS data release in early 2013.

In total, this means we now have over 2,700 products ready for instant download now available at US Land Grid. This is a huge number! As we continue to grow we expect this number to reach 5,000+ product ready for immediately delivery to your mapping program or PDF viewer. As we grow are datasets and offerings, we will also be growing our formats and delivery methods. If there is a GIS dataset that you would like to see, please let us know and we will do our best to make it work for you and US Land Grid.

From a GIS and mapping perspective, we hope you enjoy the intant delivery and service that we provide at US Land Grid – your new online source for Oil and Gas Data! We never close, and we never disappoint! Our industry leading guarantee makes any customer happy every single time. Please stop by and say hello.

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GIS data based on an Oil & Gas Data model

Creating GIS data based on a standard data model across the spectrum of data offerings is a challenging job. Over the last few months we, at US Land Grid, have been working hard to produce a standard data model for our GIS datasets. This means that our landgrid, our Texas Survey data, our tax parcels or surface ownership data, and our Oil and Gas wells all inherently belong to that standard data model. This is going to make it easier for you, the GIS consumer, to use and relate our data within just your software platform, or multiple GIS / mapping platforms. 

Providing useful GIS data that is easy to use and manipulate - without having to rework the data - is important to us at US Land Grid. The data we provide has been built by Oil and Gas professionals who understand the data models and needs of organizations that want accurate on-demand data.

We also believe that land grid is just that - land grid. We provide the full story of the land. This includes sections, townships, quarters, surveys, lots, abstracts, blocks, surveys and sub-surveys. In Texas, you get the comprehensive Texas land survey. In the PLSS states, you get the comprehensive public and blm land survey. We don't leave any GIS data out - especially when you look at our Texas Survey our our section township range data.

The same goes for our Tax Parcels and Surface Ownership data. It's based on the same data model allowing for easy integration and relational abilities. Currrently, we have 300+ county tax parcels, focused on Oil and Gas producing areas. One last point... we get our Tax Parcel data directly from each county assessor helps us rest easy that you will enjoy the quality and updates provided with our Surface OWnership GIS Data.

Our Oil and Gas wells are taking some time as we confirm to the standards of our multiple data GIS data model. Each state provides US Land Grid the well data, permit data and production data in different formats and different data models. This makes it challenging for us, but easpecially for GIS professionals who are trying to make the data work within organizations. Our Oil and Gas wells will be ready for release before year end, but they will be complete with consistency across our other datasets, with a full menu of attributes from completion dates to directionals. We excited to bring this special GIS dataset to you, and we think it will be enjoyed by oil and gas GIS professionals US wide.

It's hard not to focus on our data... I think one of the things that makes US Land Grid different from the others is price, and the fact that the data is delivered immediately. If you need to speak to someone you can, but you don't need to. You can buy the GIS data (which is affordable) and download it within seconds. For the oil and gas community, it's the first services focused on them that provides anything similar to this.

The story doesn't end there. Within the next twelve months you will see new offerings, both paid and complimentary, coming from US Land Grid.

The focus will remain - complete - easy to use - updated - GIS data.

Understanding the Texas Land Survey System

Understanding where land grid comes from is important. Below are some definitions to help you understand Texas land grid data a little better.

For more information - http://www.uslandgrid.com/blog/texas_survey/

Texas does not use the Public Land Survey System. Texas has its own survey based on original Spanish Land Grants. Land grants from the State of Texas to railroad companies were often patented in blocks and sections. Some of the land transferred from the public domain by the state of Texas was surveyed and patented in units of square miles. The Texas General Land Office officially considers these units sections.

County patent survey lines from Texas General Land Office maps were interpreted as accurately as possible. In Texas, the highest level of land subdivision is the boundary of the state itself. The next level of subdivision is the Texas Railroad Districts which cover the entire state. These Spanish grants were surveyed on the metes and bounds system of measurement and are of irregular size and shape. Tracts are identified within a block by a unique number. Blocks and their associated tracts are not rectangular surveys but irregular metes and bounds surveys. Blocks do not conform to county boundaries and may span several counties since many were surveyed before county boundaries were established. Blocks are given the name of the person or institution that first conducted the survey. Labors can be subdivided into lots. These surveys are not always rectangular. Leagues can exist without labors but labors cannot exist without a league. Unlike the Congressional survey system that assigns a new abstract number each time a tract of land is sold in Texas the abstract number is assigned in perpetuity. Most of the Public School Lands are Leagues.

The Spanish encouraged ownership of the land as ameans of exploiting natural and human resources for the benefit of spreading Catholicism through the mission system. The early land grants were to native Americans with the understanding that they maintain the land under cultivation and production. The fact that Texas had its own national government and owned the public domain within its territory makes it different from any other state in the Union. The metes and bounds survey system made things more difficult.

The Texas General Land Office Abstracts Index shows the chronology of lands granted in each county.

Surveying Texas has resulted in numerous overlaps and unrecognized surveys. The GLO began to approve or disapprove the work done by surveyors via correspondence and issue land certificates to individuals qualifying under various acts. These individuals could locate onany vacant land within the State.

Examples of property descriptions and parcel plats are available. The user may turn on or off any level as required in a topographic file when it is used as a reference file.

US Land Grid - Section Township Range

US Land Grid (http://www.uslandgrid.com) launched last week.  Our company provides section, township, range data, Texas survey data, PLSS, Oil & Gas Wells, free Web Mapping Services and other GIS datasets.

The GIS data on US Land Grid is based on trusted industry sources. It is available for instant download in multiple formats and projections. This includes shapefiles. Another unique twist is that we store data backups for you to download at a later date.  We also provide over 400+ Tax Parcels (ownership) with tax roll information and polgyons.

For more information - http://www.uslandgrid.com/blog.

Please enjoy a brief history of land and how it was formed below:

The Continental Congress was deeply in debt following the Declaration of Independence. Land grants were formed in areas similar to Texas and California in order to solve the situation.

The first step in opening land was to survey the entire area to be disposed of and assign a description to identify each parcel of land to be sold. The intent of the survey was to place the land that was being disposed of on a large grid with every square of the grid being individually identified. The numbers start from the intersection of the Meridian and Base lines. Those sections North or South along the Meridian are known as Townships and those along the East and West of the Base line are called Ranges. Combining the Township square number with the Range square number gives a precise location of any square on the grid. The grid below is an example of how the Sections within a Township are numbered. The black numbers are the sections within the township and the red numbers are the sections in the adjoining townships. As counties were formed from existing counties the county lines normally followed the section or township lines.

The PLSS was completed by the establishment of township and range lines. The General Land Office shows the theoretical sectioning of a standard survey township. Eighty chains constitute one U. They are the legally binding markers used for setting property lines and as such are the culminating work of any survey. Witness objects allow subsequent surveyors and landowners to find the original corner monument location should the actual monument itself be destroyed.

It was not uncommon for squatters or homesteaders to destroy corner monuments if they felt the patenting of the land would threaten their residence on it. Trees could be used if the corner happened to fall at the exact spot where one grew. The purpose was simply to help retrace a surveyed line should that become necessary. Ten square miles of land on each side of the proposed rail track were granted for every one mile of completed railway.

The Public Land Survey System was utilized for measurement. Each odd numbered section going to the railroad company. Each even numbered section kept by the government. This created a checkerboard pattern along proposed rail way. The system was devised by Senator Stephen A. The remote nature of the land being surveyed certainly enabled the opportunity for fraud to occur in the direction that water drains.

PLSS rules of division are explained below. Today permanent monuments are usually inscribed tablets set on iron rods or in concrete. This line is perpendicular to the Principal Meridian. Further information on these irregular surveys can be found in the references listed at the end of this article. These lots frequently border water areas excluded from the PLSS. These lands were never part of the original public domain and were not subject to subdivision by the PLSS. Sometimes used interchangeably with Public lands. It is grid which overlays a map and within the grid are the sections which are between a specific township and range. You can find this from the tax parcel identification number.The ranges run horizontally along the map and the townships run vertically along the map. The returned position is for the center of the section.

Note that some meridians are quite small. The California BLM has a nice set of maps showing the Principal Meridians and Base Lines and the areas they cover. It does not include the east coast states including Kentucky and Tennessee or Texas. Small areas of other states that were settled before the survey also technically excluded. This explains the odd shapes of many mining claims in the west. Latter title transfers followed PLSS lines.

Actually it is more correct to say that the states were formed according to the areas covered by the Meridians. Some of these areas include several large states while others include only a small part of a single state. Some of the smaller areas were caused by changes in tribal reservations. These are called standard parallels. The position of the base line for each principal meridian is also historical and arbitrary. Others are altered by simple survey errors.